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rosa, you have been following this. there's a good response as to how people are riding this out. >> they are. one of the things that really stands out is the variation in temperatures. some areas in arkansas the temperatures went from 70 degrees to freezing. here's an interesting contrast. they found their colorful flowers covered in ice. this was sent in by ireporter susan brockett, she said the day started off with drizzle and then bam, pounding layers of ice. and joslin lockwood from texas, she said still covered in ice with power outages remaining but roads have improved immensely. and don't let the sun fool you, i've soon several pictures like these. this is from ireporter mark ivy from indiana. he said looks are deceiving and that is true. mark ivy said the temperatures fall into the single digits at night and rise only into the mid 20s during the day. tweet me your pictures or send me a message on facebook. i love to hear from you. thank you so much for keeping us posted. >> i love the ice. it's so beautiful but
rosa, you have been following this. there's a good response as to how people are riding this out. >> they are. one of the things that really stands out is the variation in temperatures. some areas in arkansas the temperatures went from 70 degrees to freezing. here's an interesting contrast. they found their colorful flowers covered in ice. this was sent in by ireporter susan brockett, she said the day started off with drizzle and then bam, pounding layers of ice. and joslin lockwood from...
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rosa florez has been collecting all of them. what are you seeing? >> you said it well, people are staying inside, so a lot of time snapping photos and submitting them to social media. but it is treacherous out there, one i-reporter submitted this photograph, overturned vehicles like this one in illinois have been a common occurrence in the states getting pounded by ice and snow. i-reporter jason aselen snapped this picture in michigan and also took some video that helps tell the story for him. he says that they're worried, they've been dealing with this for days. normally they see heavy snow first before the temperatures actually drop very low, which means water pipes have snow insulation he called it, but this time they saw about 6 inches of snow, then it rained which created a layer of ice and quite the mess he says. they're afraid that those water pipes will burst, and, of course, he said kids are forced to stay inside. no playing outside for those kiddos. >>> in areas of texas the chilling temperatures and ice not only snapped trees, but power l
rosa florez has been collecting all of them. what are you seeing? >> you said it well, people are staying inside, so a lot of time snapping photos and submitting them to social media. but it is treacherous out there, one i-reporter submitted this photograph, overturned vehicles like this one in illinois have been a common occurrence in the states getting pounded by ice and snow. i-reporter jason aselen snapped this picture in michigan and also took some video that helps tell the story for...
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rosa flores, thank you for that. >>> i want to turn now to chad myers at the cnn weather center in atlanta. i don't know if you were watching just a few seconds ago when we showed that video, and i don't know if the control room can rerack it. when that ice slab was falling off the roofness dallas. it's unbelievable the power and weight and danger. look at this. listen to it for a second. i want to listen, hold on. >> oh, my god. holy crap. >> yeah. i mean, honestly, chad, they were so lucky that there weren't people out there. that's deadly. >> we expect dha in buffalo, toronto, ontario, detroit. but not dallas. dallas had so much ice come down. literally an inch of ice. even some sports more than that. and then it just slid. and when it gets a little warm, slippery or wet ice, and that ice slid right off the roadway. >>> we have airport delays because of the ice and snow. the main ones, laguardia and newark. if you're heading to charlotte, you're being stopped on the airport way because of the snow there coming down. and it's going to take another 30 minutes for that cool down and get ba
rosa flores, thank you for that. >>> i want to turn now to chad myers at the cnn weather center in atlanta. i don't know if you were watching just a few seconds ago when we showed that video, and i don't know if the control room can rerack it. when that ice slab was falling off the roofness dallas. it's unbelievable the power and weight and danger. look at this. listen to it for a second. i want to listen, hold on. >> oh, my god. holy crap. >> yeah. i mean, honestly, chad,...
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rosa flores joins us now in richfield, naurnl. how are things now? >> reporter: john, slick, wet road conditions are what drivers are expecting. we talked to a driver who made a 180 on the interstate. and let's say that he's counting his blessings this morning. we have plight precipitation. and if you take a look, visibility is one of the things that emergency officials are tell us that they're worried about. clouds are low, visibility is low. they're worried about that. i just got off the phone with the new jersey department of transportation, and they say that they said 800 trucks out overnight plowing and spreading salt to make sure the roadways were as good as can be for drivers. i also talked to the emergency management. and they tell me that in new jersey, they saw almost a slit. now the storm was moving from south to north. and the conditions initially were really bad in the southern part of new jersey. now they're experiencing more flooding and ponding in that part of the state. so they're asking drivers to be very, very careful, not to drive
rosa flores joins us now in richfield, naurnl. how are things now? >> reporter: john, slick, wet road conditions are what drivers are expecting. we talked to a driver who made a 180 on the interstate. and let's say that he's counting his blessings this morning. we have plight precipitation. and if you take a look, visibility is one of the things that emergency officials are tell us that they're worried about. clouds are low, visibility is low. they're worried about that. i just got off...
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rosa, let's begin with you. there's another storm on the way, correct? and road crews getting ready for that. >> you're absolutely right. and you know, visibility has been a huge issue all day long. and emergency management officials have been saying this is not the time to be on your cell phone while you're driving. zero distractions. focus on the road. and be safe. let me set the scene for you here right now, like you mentioned, we're in new jersey. your consider looking at the new jersey turnpike. earlier today, we saw low clouds. as you can see, the conditions have improved greatly. traffic is moving fairly well at this hour, but the office of emergency management did tell us because the storm moved from south to north in the state of new jersey, they saw a lot of flooding and ponding throughout the day in the southern parts of the state. and as the day progressed, they saw that move to the northern parts of the state. but hear this. what they tell us is that they're expecting the temperatures to drop to freezing, so you know what that means, a lot o
rosa, let's begin with you. there's another storm on the way, correct? and road crews getting ready for that. >> you're absolutely right. and you know, visibility has been a huge issue all day long. and emergency management officials have been saying this is not the time to be on your cell phone while you're driving. zero distractions. focus on the road. and be safe. let me set the scene for you here right now, like you mentioned, we're in new jersey. your consider looking at the new...